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<p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question
in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with
the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fly-tipping is unacceptable
whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in
which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In May 2016 we gave local
councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping
as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle
fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline
for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved
in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National
Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling
fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of
Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote
Duty of Care to small businesses.</ins></p>
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